L P Tax - Exemption cock up

[dewdrop]

Will all those people who perused and checked this legislation be now hauled before the Public Accounts Committee to explain themselves?

 

[ajapale]

How does the leglislation read in Irish?

 

[Delboy]

Where was the Seanad!!!!

 

[Brendan Burgess]

Where was the Seanad!!!!

Not sure about the Seanad

But the debate at Committee Stage was guillotined at Section 2 of a Bill which contained 159 sections. The First Time Buyer exemption was Section 8.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

How does the leglislation read in Irish?

That is a very good point. I presume the English version is a good translation of the Irish version.

 

[Time]

But it is the Irish version that counts.

 

[Knuttell]

But it is the Irish version that counts.

Thats interesting I never knew that,what happens when things get lost in translation as they invariably do when when (emmm) translating?

 

[Time]

The Irish language version has primacy in any dispute.

 

[Sunny]

Are people sure about this Irish thing? Anyone got a link? The Irish version of the constitution takes precedence oner the English version when there is a dispute but that doesn't mean that it is the same for every bit of legislation.

 

[Time]

Yes it does. Every bill is produced in both languages.

There have been legal battles in the courts over the translations of legislation over the years.

 

[Sunny]

Yes it does. Every bill is produced in both languages.

There have been legal battles in the courts over the translations of legislation over the years.

That's not saying that the Irish version will always get precedance over the English version though. I have only ever seen it stated that the Irish version of the Constitution is the definitive document. I struggle to see how a court would throw out a case because of an obvious translation mistake. I could see them do it for poorly drafted legislation in whatever language though. Is there case law for this where a case was thrown out because the Irish version was different due to translating mistakes?

 

[Bronte]

. I presume the English version is a good translation of the Irish version.

Do they not do it the other way round?